Dekalog 8
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Cast & Crew
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Maria Kosciatkowska
Teresa Marczewska
Tadeusz Lomnicki
Wieslawa Dembinska
Halina Dobrowolska
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Synopsis
A University of Warsaw ethics professor meets the New York-based translator of her work who has come to audit her classes. During WWII, the translater was a Jewish child offered sanctuary by the ethics scholar and her husband, on the condition she be christened in the Catholic faith. Condition met, sanctuary was then denied as a matter of conscience, and a survivor has returned for an explanation.
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2000 award for Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Film from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Released in United States 1989
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States June 1990
Released in United States March 1996
Released in United States March 2001
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2000
Released in United States September 13, 1989
Released in United States September 1989
Re-released in United States June 9, 2000
Re-released in United States September 22, 2000
Shown at Goodwill Film Festival, Seattle 20-29, 1990.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1989.
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City November 9 & 11, 1990.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.
Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 1990.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festival September 13, 1989.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in its entirety) September 5-14, 1989.
Broadcast in USA over Sundance Channel on "Spotlight on Krzysztof Kieslowski" May 2000.
Part 8 in a series of 10 Polish made-for-tv films, each dealing with one of the 10 commandments. Part 8 is about the eighth commandment: Thou shalt not bear false witness.
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Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 24 - September 4, 1989.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at Goodwill Film Festival, Seattle 20-29, 1990.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at AFI Film Festival (All Night Movie Marathon: "Comedies of Elegance") in Los Angeles June 23 - July 7, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1996 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade Theater) March 10 & 13, 1996.)
Released in United States March 2001 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2000
Released in United States June 1990 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 1990.)
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City November 9 & 11, 1990.)
Re-released in United States June 9, 2000 (Lincoln Plaza Cinemas; New York City)
Re-released in United States September 22, 2000 (Screening Room; New York City)
Released in United States September 13, 1989 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festival September 13, 1989.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in its entirety) September 5-14, 1989.)
